Hi all,
My power button is more or less broken and I am having a hard time, turning on the screen. Turning off is not a problem because I use a screen off and lock application. But turning on is a nightmare for me.
Can anyone suggest any alternative for me to solve the problem?
Maybe remapping my volume rockers to turn on the display?
I'm on stock android, 4.3 (I can root it if needed) but I would prefer to stick to Stock ROM rather than a custom rom (which offers volume rocker wake). I would really really appreciate your help. Thanks guys in advance.
Sorry I'm in a hurry here but there's a mod/app called TouchControl that might help you. If I remember well it allows you to turn the screen back on with gestures when it's off.
Later I can help to find it around if you or someone didn't until there. Sorry.
Sent from my Nexus 4
Thanks for the reply. I tried that app before and it occasionally hanged my screen. I prefer to use my volume rockers or maybe something else. Anyway, your help is appreciated.
wirapuru said:
Sorry I'm in a hurry here but there's a mod/app called TouchControl that might help you. If I remember well it allows you to turn the screen back on with gestures when it's off.
Later I can help to find it around if you or someone didn't until there. Sorry.
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Try WidgetLocker from the play store. I believe it has that option. You don't need root too.
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Hi guys n gyals
quick question which I've searched for but couldn't find an answer.
Its probably something stupidly easy I've overlooked:
How do I get my HD to switch on when I press on the screen? The power button is too hard to use and I have the official HTC touch HD Flip case (and also running s2u2) so not bothered about it powering on, on its own. Just want to be able to touch the screen and the device comes on.
any help much appreciated - thanks
and apologies if its been asked like a gazillion times before and I missed the answer out of blindness!
zoomee said:
Hi guys n gyals
quick question which I've searched for but couldn't find an answer.
Its probably something stupidly easy I've overlooked:
How do I get my HD to switch on when I press on the screen? The power button is too hard to use and I have the official HTC touch HD Flip case (and also running s2u2) so not bothered about it powering on, on its own. Just want to be able to touch the screen and the device comes on.
any help much appreciated - thanks
and apologies if its been asked like a gazillion times before and I missed the answer out of blindness!
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it has been asked a gazillion times
are you sure you want your device to turn on accidentaly when on your pocket or when your holding it?
zuadao said:
it has been asked a gazillion times
are you sure you want your device to turn on accidentaly when on your pocket or when your holding it?
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zuado,
It would be great if someone could device an idling program that turns the screen on when you shake the phone consistently for like 3 seconds or so (as opposed to using the power button).
I say 3 seconds because then it won't accidentally wake up when you're walking and stuff.
Cheers.
zuadao said:
it has been asked a gazillion times
are you sure you want your device to turn on accidentaly when on your pocket or when your holding it?
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ah crap! - pointer in the correct direction please?
Not bothered about it switching on as it will auto switch off after 30secs anyways
dont think u can right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=457250&highlight=turn
here you go
gretz
Hi guys,
Got my Desire HD last Friday and I'm really pleased with it, stunning device. The problem is, I'm using a case which protects the phone nicely and looks decent too but the power button is very tough to press in (let alone without a case TBH). I have Cyangens "Menu Unlock" enabled but I'm wondering if there is a tweak or APK to enable the capacitive buttons when the screen is off so I can turn it on easily (using Button Remapper). Maybe even a shake to enable app to wake the phone. Oh, cover below:
When I had the Galaxy S, I could just wake the screen with the main physical Home button.
When I had the Milestone, there was an APK to allow me to wake the screen with the buttons.
Any help or direction would really be appreciated. Would love to be able to unlock it that easily.
Cheers #auggie2k
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auggie2k said:
Hi guys,
Got my Desire HD last Friday and I'm really pleased with it, stunning device. The problem is, I'm using a case which protects the phone nicely and looks decent too but the power button is very tough to press in (let alone without a case TBH). I have Cyangens "Menu Unlock" enabled but I'm wondering if there is a tweak or APK to enable the capacitive buttons when the screen is off so I can turn it on easily (using Button Remapper). Maybe even a shake to enable app to wake the phone. Oh, cover below:
When I had the Galaxy S, I could just wake the screen with the main physical Home button.
When I had the Milestone, there was an APK to allow me to wake the screen with the buttons.
Any help or direction would really be appreciated. Would love to be able to unlock it that easily.
Cheers #auggie2k
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Buttons will be disabled when phone is asleep. The closest is to try "Tap Tap App" from the Market. Its free. Try and see how it could give you possibilities. Basically, it will allow you to set lock/wake permissions using the proximity sensor.
I use it as an alternative to pressing the power button all the time during shorter phone sleep/wake intervals
Much appreciated Jacob, cheers for the quick reply.
You can try WidgetLocker too, allow you to power up the phone using volume button.
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Maybe even a shake to enable app to wake the phone.
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now THAT is a cool idea
but, it would drain the battery...
panyan said:
now THAT is a cool idea
but, it would drain the battery...
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Its possible without much battery drain I remember using Pocketshield with the HD2 where it unlocks when you flip the phone facedown and up or shake from side to side. Seems they're still hung up on Windows till now... I hope they come around to turn to Android soon
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Much appreciated Jacob, cheers for the quick reply.
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You're welcome mate! Test the proximity settings, I used to use "Easy Detection" but found it too sensitive, it unlocks with short finger waves which was cool but also gets screwed up with strong winds when outdoors... lol
Since, I've changed the setting to "safe mode (default)" and it responds well to 2 mild taps. Hope it works for you too!
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You can try WidgetLocker too, allow you to power up the phone using volume button.
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only works if u're on stock kernel
try no lock, unlocks it with the volume buttons.
rossysaurus said:
try no lock, unlocks it with the volume buttons.
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isnt this the same as widget locker, i.e. it works only on stock kernel
Just installed "Tap Tap App", works perfect for me as an alternative unlock/lock. Thanks a lot!
Jacob1369 said:
Buttons will be disabled when phone is asleep. The closest is to try "Tap Tap App" from the Market. Its free. Try and see how it could give you possibilities. Basically, it will allow you to set lock/wake permissions using the proximity sensor.
I use it as an alternative to pressing the power button all the time during shorter phone sleep/wake intervals
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You're welcome mate! Test the proximity settings, I used to use "Easy Detection" but found it too sensitive, it unlocks with short finger waves which was cool but also gets screwed up with strong winds when outdoors... lol
Since, I've changed the setting to "safe mode (default)" and it responds well to 2 mild taps. Hope it works for you too!
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Those settings work perfectly for me too, it makes the phone seem so much more "fancy" and has already spooked my poor iPhone owning friend, lots of WTF's Cheers for the suggestion.
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Those settings work perfectly for me too, it makes the phone seem so much more "fancy" and has already spooked my poor iPhone owning friend, lots of WTF's Cheers for the suggestion.
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lol... I was doing the exact same thing to my buddies with an iP4
So i've been dealing with this for the last week or so and I finally decided to stop searching and scouring the internet and ask for some help from my XDA brethren.
I don't exactly know how or why, but all the hard buttons on my HD2 do not work anymore. Volume up and down, pick up, home, menu, back, and hang up buttons... all not working. They all stopped working at the same time.
I don't really care except for the fact that I cannot wake my phone up after it locks/sleeps. I tried an app called Shake and Wake with no luck. Any sugguestions? or should I just look for a new phone? I really don't want to give up on my HD2... we've been through a lot! Thanks a ton you guys, I really appreciate it.
If I were you I would head on over to the nexus one threads and ask the question.
That phone only has one button, and some folk have had that not work, so they are used to the problem, and I'm sure they will have a solution for you. Worth a try anyway........
Button Savior - free from Market
Jadrobe, I really like button saviour but that still doesn't solve my problem, how do I wake the phone up without any buttons?!!
do your volume buttons work? if so, you could use ButtonRemapper (paid app) to remap one of your volume buttons to work as your power button and do the rest with button savior.
Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!
Then yes, you are indeed screwed. Sorry for your misfortune.
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Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!
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Pretty much. If you have one working button then you could use an app called "button remapper"
Have you flashed back to stock/something different yet? Seems a touch coincidental that they all go at once. The bottom 5, or the two volume yea, cos they're on two separate input busses, but for both to fail together... not saying it couldn't happen, just saying it could be something else.
If there not working how do you turn on your phone?
When I slide the battery into the phone it automatically boots up as if I pushed in the power button.. it never used to do that before.
And also right after it powers up it sends me straight to slide to shut down which kind of makes me believe I may have the power button stuck on or something? I'm going to try to flash the stock rom and see what happens. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks!
Dude!! Proximity Screen Off (look in Abdroid Themes and Apps sub-forum) could fix you up in combination with button savior !
It has an option to use the prox sensor to put your phone to sleep and to wake it. The downside is it will drain your battery faster than normal because the prox sensor is in use when the screen's off. But it could keep your phone useable til you can get your buttons fixed (probly just your power button is malfunctioning it sounds like to me)
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Thanks a ton Huggs. I'll definitely look into it, as the main reason I love this phone is for Android roms!
So far i've had good luck with this Winmo 6.5 app. I had to revert to the base/stock Tmo rom and it works okay.
Shake and Wake
http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/shakenwake-mod-for-hd2/
Hello you all
i got my trophy today and i was wondering if there is any option to disable the vibration for the "physicale" keys.. or i better say.. for the 3 touch keys (back,home,search) if its possible to disable it please tell me how, thats the only ugly thing if noticed ^^
thanks for help!
I haven't heard of a way to disable the vibrations yet, but there might be a tweak sooner or later. You can turn off vibrations completely if you want though.
I don't know. I know you can disable the search button from doing anything, but the button still causes the motor inside to activate.
Actually I've just stumbled upon a solution. It looks like it works, but I haven't tried it.
Disable haptic feedback
Hi there so my power button has broken so with that locking and unlocking my phone has become a right pain. Ive managed to sort out the locking part i just cant seem to find a way to wake my screen up after its locked.
Ive tried widgetlocker with no success
Im running the newest version of MIUI if this helps.
calvo619 said:
Hi there so my power button has broken so with that locking and unlocking my phone has become a right pain. Ive managed to sort out the locking part i just cant seem to find a way to wake my screen up after its locked.
Ive tried widgetlocker with no success
Im running the newest version of MIUI if this helps.
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Not sure about MIUI, but custom roms like CM10 and AOKP have a menu unlock function. Pressing the menu key will unlock the screen.
Hope this helps.
EDIT: I had the same problem on my old HTC Desire, but that phone had physical buttons. Not sure if it works for nexus s.
Okay thanks i might just install CM10 then
calvo619 said:
Hi there so my power button has broken so with that locking and unlocking my phone has become a right pain. Ive managed to sort out the locking part i just cant seem to find a way to wake my screen up after its locked.
Ive tried widgetlocker with no success
Im running the newest version of MIUI if this helps.
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MIUI v4 has that option as well. I don't remember the exact location .. try under "Buttons" or "Developers Options" under settings.
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MIUI v4 has that option as well. I don't remember the exact location .. try under "Buttons" or "Developers Options" under settings.
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Oh thank you so much for pointing this out All sorted now
There are also several roms that have the volume wake mod in settings, so that you can wake the screen up using the volume rocker, as long as you aren't streaming music.
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I suggest you check out the following:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itsme4ucz.screenoff
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.android.smartscreenoff
And...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wildroid.wake.up.screen
I've been using proximity off for months now, even thou my power button is fine.
calvo619 said:
Hi there so my power button has broken so with that locking and unlocking my phone has become a right pain. Ive managed to sort out the locking part i just cant seem to find a way to wake my screen up after its locked.
Ive tried widgetlocker with no success
Im running the newest version of MIUI if this helps.
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you can install cm10 nightlies and use "volume rocker wake" option for turning the screen on, without power button.
Haha guys I'm pretty sure his problem is fixed. He got pointed to volume rocker wake in MIUI already.
Turn off the lock screen altogether in settings.
Press a volume key.